2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

A BOY was hunting for locusts.
He had caught a goodly number,
when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust, reached
out his hand to take him.
The Scorpion, showing his sting, said:
If y

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

A BOY was stung by a Nettle.
He ran home and told his Mother,
saying, "Although it hurts me very much, I only touched it
gently."
"That was just why it stung you," said his Mo

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

A BRAZIER had a little Dog, which was a great favorite with his
master, and his constant companion.
While he hammered away at
his metals the Dog slept; but when, on the other hand, he went to
dinn

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

A BOY bathing in a river was in danger of being drowned.
He
called out to a passing traveler for help, but instead of holding
out a helping hand, the man stood by unconcernedly, and scolded
the bo

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

A BOY put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts.
He grasped
as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull out
his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the
pitche

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

A MAN who had traveled in foreign lands boasted very much, on
returning to his own country, of the many wonderful and heroic
feats he had performed in the different places he had visited.
Among ot

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

A VERY SKILLFUL BOWMAN went to the mountains in search of game,
but all the beasts of the forest fled at his approach.
The Lion
alone challenged him to combat.
The Bowman immediately shot out
an

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

A BITCH, ready to whelp, earnestly begged a shepherd for a place
where she might litter.
When her request was granted, she
besought permission to rear her puppies in the same spot.
The
shepherd a

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

A BLIND MAN was accustomed to distinguishing different animals by
touching them with his hands.
The whelp of a Wolf was brought
him, with a request that he would feel it, and say what it was.
He

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

A BIRDCATCHER was about to sit down to a dinner of herbs when a
friend unexpectedly came in.
The bird-trap was quite empty, as
he had caught nothing, and he had to kill a pied Partridge, which
he

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

THE BIRDS waged war with the Beasts, and each were by turns the
conquerors.
A Bat, fearing the uncertain issues of the fight,
always fought on the side which he felt was the strongest.
When
peace

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

Long ago, the mice had a general council to consider what
measures they could take to outwit their common enemy, the Cat.
Some said this, and some said that; but at last a young mouse got
up and s

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

One fine day it occurred to the Members of the Body that they
were doing all the work and the Belly was having all the food.
So
they held a meeting, and after a long discussion, decided to
strike

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

IN THE WINTERTIME, a Dog curled up in as small a space as
possible on account of the cold, determined to make himself a
house.
However when the summer returned again, he lay asleep
stretched at hi

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

A BEE from Mount Hymettus, the queen of the hive, ascended to
Olympus to present Jupiter some honey fresh from her combs.
Jupiter, delighted with the offering of honey, promised to give
whatever s

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

A Dog looking out for its afternoon nap jumped into the Manger
of an Ox and lay there cosily upon the straw.
But soon the Ox,
returning from its afternoon work, came up to the Manger and
wanted to

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was
carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace.
Now on his way
home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook.
As he
crossed, h

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

A HOUND having started a Hare on the hillside pursued her for
some distance, at one time biting her with his teeth as if he
would take her life, and at another fawning upon her, as if in
play with

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

A DOG, used to eating eggs, saw an Oyster and, opening his mouth
to its widest extent, swallowed it down with the utmost relish,
supposing it to be an egg.
Soon afterwards suffering great pain
in

2008-02-02 所属栏目:英语故事

AN ASS besought a Horse to spare him a small portion of his feed.
"Yes," said the Horse; "if any remains out of what I am now
eating I will give it you for the sake of my own superi

2008-02-02 所属栏目:英语故事

A Farmer one day came to the stables to see to his beasts of
burden: among them was his favourite Ass, that was always well fed
and often carried his master.
With the Farmer came his Lapdog,
who d

2008-02-02 所属栏目:英语故事

A MULETEER set forth on a journey, driving before him an Ass and
a Mule, both well laden.
The Ass, as long as he traveled along
the plain, carried his load with ease, but when he began to
ascend

2008-02-02 所属栏目:英语故事

A SHEPHERD, watching his Ass feeding in a meadow, was alarmed all
of a sudden by the cries of the enemy.
He appealed to the Ass to
fly with him, lest they should both be captured, but the animal
l

2008-02-02 所属栏目:英语故事

AN ASS, carrying a load of wood, passed through a pond.
As he
was crossing through the water he lost his footing, stumbled and
fell, and not being able to rise on account of his load, groaned
heav

2008-02-02 所属栏目:英语故事

AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly
enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody,
demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such
beautiful voices